Why Horizon Forbidden West Coming To PS Plus Is A Mistake
With announced to arrive on the Playstation Plus catalog on February 21, subscribers to the service will have the opportunity to play the game at no additional cost — but the game's addition to the service may turn out to be a mistake for Sony and developer Guerilla Games. As the highly-rated sequel to, brings the series to the new console generation on the PS5, offering a new setting and story for series protagonist Aloy, continuing where the first game left off.
Despite the series' unfortunate calendar planning, which has seen both mainline games being released shortly before — and subsequently somewhat overshadowed by — landmark open-world titles in and, respectively, the series has still managed to spin itself into one of the PlayStations new flagship franchises. With leaks and rumors pointing to a remaster of the original game, a multiplayer spinoff, and a now-confirmed DLC for,, the future of the series is clearly not in any real danger. making its way to the PS Plus catalog, however, could be a costly mistake.
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While 's addition to PlayStation Plus is likely welcome news for many, its inclusion could be coming too soon and could cause Sony to lose out on some profits. Although the game's inclusion in the service likely comes in anticipation of 's DLC, it also arrives just barely over a year after the game's initial release date of February 18, 2022, and with similar services, like the Xbox Game Pass, being a proven revenue loss for some of the included games, could suffer a similar effect on PS Plus.
On the other hand, however, it's entirely possible that any losses suffered by will be minimal and the increased exposure ahead of
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